Tiger Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.448 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tiger Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 September 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Tiger Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 3.448 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 3.448 miles, 145th longest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 36 first-choice applications for 43 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Some 46.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 34.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QL
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 392 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 September 2023
Strengths
- “This is a happy and increasingly successful school.”
- “Pupils feel safe, and there are warm and positive relationships evident between staff and pupils.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ achievement and also for their conduct.”
To improve
- “Previously, pupils’ attainment in national curriculum tests has been low.”
- “In early years, the provision does not always match the ambitious learning that leaders intend.”
- “As a result, there are sometimes missed opportunities to develop key skills such as early number or mark making.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 60% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 36 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Leigh Academy Oaks 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Molehill 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Loose Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Way Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenfields Community Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- South Borough Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Senacre Wood Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Tree Tops 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published